
Teyonah Parris
Acting
Born: 1987-09-22 · Hopkins, South Carolina, USA
Biography
Teyonah Parris (/tiˈɒnə/ tee-ON-ə; born September 22, 1987) is an American actress. A graduate of Juilliard School, she began acting in 2010. Her first prominent roles were in the drama series Mad Men (2012–2015) and in the independent film Dear White People (2014). She then appeared in the drama series Empire (2014), Spike Lee's crime comedy Chi-Raq (2015), and the drama film If Beale Street Could Talk(2018). In 2021, Parris starred in the horror film Candyman and began portraying Monica Ramb
🎬 Movies (20)

Matchbox
2026
Charmaine

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels
2024
Self - 'Monica Rambeau'

Dashing Through the Snow
2023
Allison Garrick

The Marvels
2023
Monica Rambeau

They Cloned Tyrone
2023
Yo-Yo

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
Monica Rambeau / Geraldine (archive footage)

Candyman
2021
Brianna Cartwright

The Photograph
2020
Asia

Charm City Kings
2020
Mouse’s Mom

Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
2019
Self

Point Blank
2019
Taryn

If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
Ernestine Rivers

Five Nights in Maine
2016
Penelope

Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
2016
Miki

90 Days
2016
Jessica

Chi-Raq
2015
Lysistrata

Where Children Play
2015
Bellissima Mccain

Dear White People
2014
Colandrea 'Coco' Conners

They Came Together
2014
Wanda

A Picture of You
2014
Mika
📺 TV Shows (13)

No Good Deed
2024
Carla Owens

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Self

Married to Real Estate
2021
Self - Client

What If...?
2021
Monica Rambeau (voice)

Marvel Studios Assembled
2021
Self - Monica Rambeau

WandaVision
2021
Monica Rambeau / Geraldine

Empire
2015
Pamela Rose

Survivor's Remorse
2014
Missy Vaughn

The Good Wife
2009
Melinda Gossett

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest

Mad Men
2007
Dawn Chambers

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Karen Branston